37448 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 132 / Friday, July 10, 1998 / Notices

The meeting on July 25 will begin at

8:00 a.m. and conclude at 1:00 p.m. The

third day’s agenda will consist of a full

Committee executive meeting to review

findings and conclusions, and formulate

recommendations. The meeting will be

conducted at the Edgewater Double Tree

Hotel, 100 Madison Street, Missoula,

Montana. Their phone number is (406)

728–3100.

The meeting will be closed from 8

a.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 23, and

from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, July 24,

in accordance with the provisions cited

in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(6) pursuant to

subsection 10(d) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act. During this portion of

the meeting, the Committee will be

engaging in discussions with clinical

service providers and veterans

consumers. The discussions will

disclose information of a personal

nature for veteran patients, which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy. The

meeting on Saturday, July 25, from 8

a.m. to 1 p.m., will be open to the

public.

Anyone having questions concerning

the meeting may contact Alfonso R.

Batres, Ph.D., M.S.S.W., Chief,

Readjustment Counseling Officer,

Department of Veterans Affairs

Headquarters Office at (202) 273–8967.

Dated: July 2, 1998.

Heyward Bannister,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–18322 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS

Privacy Act of 1974; Report of

Amended Matching Program

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

intends to conduct a recurring computer

matching program matching Office of

Personnel Management (OPM) records

with VA pension and parents’

dependency and indemnity

compensation (DIC) records.

The goal of this match is to compare

income status as reported to VA with

records maintained by OPM.

The Department of Veterans Affairs

plans to match records of veterans and

surviving spouses and children who

receive pension, and parents who

receive DIC from VA from Office of

Personnel Management benefit records

maintained by OPM. The match with

OPM will provide VA with data from

OPM civil service benefit records.

VA will use this information to

update the master records of VA

beneficiaries receiving income

dependent benefits and to adjust VA

benefit payments as prescribed by law.

Otherwise, information about a VA

beneficiary’s receipt of OPM benefits is

obtained from reporting by the

beneficiary. The proposed matching

program will enable VA to ensure

accurate reporting of income.

Records to Be Matched

The VA records involved in the match

are the VA system of records,

Compensation, Pension, Education and

Rehabilitation Records—VA (58 VA 21/

22) first published at 41 FR 9294, March

3, 1976 and last amended at 63 FR 7196,

February 12, 1998. The OPM records

involved in the match are from the OPM

Civil Service Retirement Pay File

identified as OPM Central–1, Civil

Service Retirement and Insurance

records, published at 58 FR 19153

(April 12, 1993) and amended at 60 FR

63081–63083, (December 8, 1995). In

accordance with Title 5 U.S.. subsection

552a(o)(2) and (r), copies of the

agreement are being sent to both Houses

of Congress and to the Office of

Management and Budget.

This notice is provided in accordance

with the provisions of the Privacy Act

of 1974 as amended by Public Law 100–

503.

The match will start no sooner than

30 days after publication of this Notice

in the Federal Register, or 40 days after

copies of this Notice and the agreement

of the parties are submitted to Congress

and the Office of Management and

Budget, whichever is later, and end not

more than 18 months after the

agreement is properly implemented by

the parties. The involved agencies’ Data

Integrity Boards (DIBs) may extend this

match for 12 months provided the

agencies certify to the DIBs, within three

months of the ending date of the

original match, that the matching

program will be conducted without

change and that the matching program

has been conducted in compliance with

the original matching program.

ADDRESSES: Interested individuals may

submit written comments to the

Director, Office of Regulations

Management (O2D), Department of

Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,

NW, Room 1154, Washington, DC

20420. Comments will be available for

public inspection at the above address

in the Office of Regulations

Management, Room 1158, between 8:00

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Mondays through

Fridays, except holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul

Trowbridge (213B), (202) 273–7218.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

information is required by Title 5 U.S.C.

subsection 552a(e)(12), the Privacy Act

of 1974. A copy of this notice has been

provided to both Houses of Congress

and the Office of Management and

Budget.

Approved: June 30, 1998.

Togo D. West, Jr.,

Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

[FR Doc. 98–18310 Filed 7–9–98; 8:45 am]

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